"The figure in our country is actually similar to the 20% detected in South Korea."

The picture shows that South Korea set up a special area at Incheon Airport to guide the screening of incoming passengers.

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Accounting for half of the imported cases, Wang Bisheng: Worried about unknown variant virus

[Reporters Wu Liangyi, Lin Huiqin, Qiu Zhirou/Comprehensive Report] The outbreak of pneumonia in Wuhan, China, the Central Epidemic Command Center announced yesterday that the positive rate of people entering from China on the 3rd of this month was as high as 17.

Nine percent, Commander Wang Bisheng said, judging from the positive rate of Chinese immigrants in the past few days, it is considered high, and the virus sequencing of confirmed people entering China from New Year's Day will be announced as soon as today.

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About 20% of Chinese passengers entering South Korea are detected, which is similar to that of Taiwan

From the 1st to the 3rd of this month, the positive rate of those entering the country from China ranged from 25% to 17%.

Nine percent. Wang Bisheng said that the positive rate of the previous entry test was about 5% on average. In comparison, the positive rate of the recent entry from China is quite high, which also reflects that the epidemic in China is now at its peak. "Our country's The figure is actually similar to the 20% detected in South Korea.”

Wang Bisheng said that according to the available preliminary data, half of the overseas immigration comes from China, but there is no epidemic investigation now, and the data is still to be further compiled with the Immigration Department. The detailed figures will be explained in a range, such as a week.

The vacancy rate of dedicated wards is 53%, and the opening ratio is increased

As the epidemic heats up, Luo Yijun, deputy head of the medical response team of the command center, pointed out that the opening of special wards will increase. The total number of beds is 5,236, and the rate of vacant beds is 53.

Seven percent, and more than half. The preliminary conclusion of the meeting the day before yesterday was that, except for the Eastern District, the number of openings in each district would be adjusted from the current minimum of 3% to at least 5%.

my country still prohibits Chinese people from entering the country. The vast majority of people who come to Taiwan from China are Taiwanese returning to the country. When entering Taiwan, they will be tested by saliva PCR.

Some media asked, Europe and the United States are also in a new wave of epidemics, and the main subtypes of mutant strains are BQ.1, XBB, etc. Why don't you also do PCR and sequencing for immigrants from European and American countries?

Wang Bisheng said that these are not new subtypes of mutant strains, and their characteristics are already familiar. "We are not worried about them. What we are worried about is unknown mutant viruses. We don't know if there are new mutant viruses. Threat, more severe virulence, higher fatality rate? This is what we worry about.”

At the end of last month, China announced that it would no longer publish the number of cases, virus sequencing and monitoring. The World Health Organization (WHO) and other countries have condemned China, and imposed a series of bans on Chinese immigrants, or required PCR testing and other regulations. It is because of the concern that new mutant strains of the outbreak in China have not been detected.

Li Bingying, attending physician of the Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at National Taiwan University Children's Hospital and convener of ACIP (Ministry of Health and Welfare's Advisory Committee on Infectious Disease Prevention and Vaccination) Li Bingying believes that the current epidemic in China is in a "painful period" and it is estimated that the epidemic will slow down after February. Consider removing the Wuhan pneumonia epidemic from the "Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)".

The enhanced quarantine program for Chinese tourists coming to Taiwan was launched on New Year's Day. The first Chinese flight arrived at Taoji. Passengers disembarked and reported for check-in.

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The 3-day inspection situation of Chinese tourists coming to Taiwan